# Thomas Givon

> Thomas Givon, also known as Talmy Givón, is a Palestinian linguist and writer. He is one of the founders of "West Coast Functionalism", today classified as a usage-based model of language, and of the linguistics department at the University of Oregon. Givón advocates an evolutionary approach to language and communication.

*Israeli linguist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/thomas-givon

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Israel
- **Born:** 1936-06-22
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [توماس گیون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86)
- [توماس جيڤون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Thomas Givon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Givon)
- [THOMAS GIVON](https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/THOMAS_GIVON)
- [Talmy Givon](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmy_Givon)
- [Гивон, Талми](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4137966)

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